Elizabeth Hanes
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes is an American lawyer and judge from Virginia who serves as a United States magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She is a nominee to serve as a United States District Judge of the same court.
Elizabeth Hanes | |
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| United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | |
| Assumed office June 15, 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Education | University of Richmond (BA, JD) |
Education
Hanes received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Richmond, cum laude, in 2000 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law, summa cum laude, in 2007.[1]
Legal career
After completing law school, Hanes served as a law clerk for Judge Joseph R. Goodwin of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia from 2007 to 2008, and then as a law clerk for Judge Robert Bruce King of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2016, she was an assistant federal public defender in the Eastern District of Virginia.[1] She then joined the firm Consumer Litigation Associates, P.C. in Newport News, Virginia, where she worked as a civil litigator until her appointment as a magistrate judge in 2020.[1]
Federal judicial service
United States magistrate judge service
Hanes was sworn in as a magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Virginia on June 15, 2020.[2] She sits with the court's Richmond division.
Nomination to district court
On November 4, 2021, senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine recommended Hanes to fill a vacancy on the Eastern District of Virginia created when Judge John A. Gibney, Jr. assumed senior status.[3] On April 27, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Hanes to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.[1]
References
- "President Biden Names Seventeenth Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. April 27, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - "Elizabeth W. Hanes". United States Courts. June 15, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- "Warner & Kaine Announce Recommendations for U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia" (Press release). November 4, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2022.